It seems that day will come when robots will manage all the functions in robot-loving country Japan. Now, by availing the offer of Japan’s leading technology company Misubishi to replace front desks babes with their Wakamaru robots, People Staff the Nagoya-based temporary staffing agency has hired the fleet of 10 robots to function as dispatch workers so that they can be send out for work at businesses and other institutions in the Tokai region of central Japan.
Vital specs:
Wakamaru is 1-meter tall, weighs 30-kilograms and is covered with bright yellow shell. It runs via its wheels and was developed in 2003 by Mitusbishi, as a servant robot to perform household tasks. After appearing at the World Expo in Aichi in 2005 now, he is Japan’s most identifiable robot.
Capabilities:
The robot is capable to identify faces and can communicate by using its 10,000 words vocabulary. As Wakamaru can perform simple manual jobs as a front desk attendant, it can also perform numerous other functions in offices and hospital. It can thanks visitors for waiting, it can sing songs and can navigate visitors to reach their destination within premises.
Service charges:
To avail Wakamaru service users have to shell minimum 120,000 yen ($1,000) per day for short-term and as low as 3 million yen ($25,000) for one year.
Nevertheless, one query is eating my mind that why company is looking ahead to spend such a massive amount when they can get young gorgeous babes for as high as for $10,000, I think the agency is looking ahead to paint their unique image worldwide by exploiting robots to accomplish their selected tasks and to impress their customers or visitors.
Via: Pinktentacle
